New EU rules put Brussels at forefront of global climate-change battle, while Westminster’s Brexit power-grab from Holyrood jeopardises Scotland’s environment goals The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has welcomed the European Union’s (EU) decision to increase its renewable energy target from 27 per cent to 32 per cent by 2030. Read more
The National Offshore Wind Turbine Test Facility based at Hunterston is to be decommissioned, SSE announced today. Known as Hunterston PARC, the test facility has been home to a 6MW Siemens offshore wind turbine and the Mitsubishi 7MW Sea Angel turbine, in January 2018 SSE was granted a two-year time Read more
Wind Farm (Generating station increase of >10 < 100 MW Capacity) Max Total MW Of Development Applied For: 48 Max Turbine Height: 200 Number Of Turbines Applied For: 11 http://www.energyconsents.scot/ApplicationSearch.aspx
Frank Cassidy, Reporter An energy company have re-submitted an amended planning application for a windfarm near New Cumnock after it was blocked twice. Innogy Renewables UK Ltd had applied for permission in 2012, which was refused by East Ayrshire Council in 2014 with a further appeal in 2015 also knocked Read more
Ireland’s state-owned electricity corporation has set up a partnership to develop 400-MW of new onshore wind-power generation capacity in Scotland and England. ESB – which translates from Gaelic as the Irish Electricity Board – is now working with Coriolis Energy on the first of these new generating assets – with Read more
With a new licensing policy from the Scottish Crown Estate and co-operation – if not collaboration – with the Scot-Govt – there is a ‘glimmer of hope’ for a much-missed Scottish renewables manufacturing industry. That is the comment by a former Scottish Labour MP and UK Energy Minister on the Read more
NOT a cheep, not a whisper, in fact if you strain your ears, all you will hear at the moment, is a truly deafening silence from the wind industry. Why? because wind power has virtually collapsed since the beginning of June. Far from “powering” thousands of homes the entire wind Read more
Onshore wind power has the potential to cut household energy bills, benefit consumers by well over a billion pounds and create thousands of jobs, particularly in Scotland, according to a new report. The Power of Onshore Wind report, from renewable energy consultants BVG Associates, claims that awarding contracts for five Read more